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Home Beat; The Lowly Typewriter

Suzanne Slesin ();

March 01, 1979,

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"BECAUSE this is an electronic machine, I have been able to give it a new topology," explained Mario Bellini, the Italian furniture and industrial designer, referring to the new Olivetti ET 221 electronic typewriter. "This is the lowest professional typewriter ever produced," Mr. Bellini continued. "I've tried to stay away from the mechanical look and to give the machine as flat a profile as possible."

March 01, 1979

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